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HIV risk from blood contact
HI Doctor,
I experienced an event that made me worried when someone's blood touched my ankle and I did not know the person's HIV status. and about 3-5 minutes later I washed my blood using soap. I don't know if my ankle has open sores or not, but I'm sure there have been no open sores before does that have the potential to transmit HIV to me? To be honest I am worried because some forums say one of the risks of HIV transmission is that there is contact with blood.
I experienced an event that made me worried when someone's blood touched my ankle and I did not know the person's HIV status. and about 3-5 minutes later I washed my blood using soap. I don't know if my ankle has open sores or not, but I'm sure there have been no open sores before does that have the potential to transmit HIV to me? To be honest I am worried because some forums say one of the risks of HIV transmission is that there is contact with blood.
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HIV is not a contagious disease. It is a sexually transmitted disease.
Unless you had unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse with some one who is HIV positive or used needles to inject drugs with a positive user(s), there is no risk.
Unless you had unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse with some one who is HIV positive or used needles to inject drugs with a positive user(s), there is no risk.
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So, there is no risk of the blood contact I told above?
and 1 more question, I really appreciate your time and I want to be sure about my status and eliminate race anxiety.
I want to tell you a little about my risky behavior, I have had unprotected vaginal sex (penetration around 30 seconds) and I have taken tea with the 4th generation (CMIA method) after 5 weeks of risky behavior. is this valid?
Do I need to take the test again?
I'm so sorry I asked outside of my previous above.
and 1 more question, I really appreciate your time and I want to be sure about my status and eliminate race anxiety.
I want to tell you a little about my risky behavior, I have had unprotected vaginal sex (penetration around 30 seconds) and I have taken tea with the 4th generation (CMIA method) after 5 weeks of risky behavior. is this valid?
Do I need to take the test again?
I'm so sorry I asked outside of my previous above.
Situation one
No worries, your situation involves personal contact with an object in air (potentially blood contacted the cut) which is not a risk for hiv. No worries, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air and saliva and is effectively instantly dead in air so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
No worries, your situation involves personal contact with an object in air (potentially blood contacted the cut) which is not a risk for hiv. No worries, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air and saliva and is effectively instantly dead in air so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
Situation 2
No hiv worries either, since 4th gen test is conclusive after 4 weeks. You don't double test for anything else so you should move on from hiv.
No hiv worries either, since 4th gen test is conclusive after 4 weeks. You don't double test for anything else so you should move on from hiv.
At this point in time, I would avoid encounters with people you don't live with because of the great risk to you contracting Covid in which case you might also spread it to your loved ones.
Since neither of you were social distancing, I hope you check out this forum for information on why you should be today. https://www.medhelp.org/forums/Coronavirus/show/2203
Your health is your wealth, so I hope you remain healthy to be able to enjoy life. Many infected Covid patients including young people who are under the misunderstanding that they have zero risk from Covid, but will discover that not all of them will be spared permanent lung and related heart issues in which case they have lost that wealth.
Since neither of you were social distancing, I hope you check out this forum for information on why you should be today. https://www.medhelp.org/forums/Coronavirus/show/2203
Your health is your wealth, so I hope you remain healthy to be able to enjoy life. Many infected Covid patients including young people who are under the misunderstanding that they have zero risk from Covid, but will discover that not all of them will be spared permanent lung and related heart issues in which case they have lost that wealth.
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